During the winter I like to make a lot of stew. I put lots of veggies in too, so it is sort of a soup actually, but pretty good. I serve it with brown rice. My husband always makes white rice, so it is nice for a change. He says he likes it, but I think he prefers white, since he never makes the brown rice. I do not put cornstarch in my stew of stir fry, again, Steve always puts it in. Which do you like?

I LOVE not living in apartments any more. We are out in the "sticks"...though we have a neighborhood now it was just us and one other family for a long time. We are 20 miles to the nearest town (Placerville).

Yes, jeans and tank tops are my gardening uniform. I remember when I was so young and had to wear high heels and pantyhose to work when I was working at a dept. store while going to college. We all wore flats behind the counter though.